Sole-gouging device.



D. FERN- SOL GOUGNG DEVICE. APPLICATIQN FILED ma. 5. 1917.

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OSCAR FERNAOF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETT ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO BENJAMIN F. POOR ANDONE-THIRD TO P. POOR, BOTH OF NEWBURY- Pom', MASSACHUSETTS.

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Patented N ov. 20, 1917.

ppIication led March 5, 1917. Serial No. 153,213.

To all whom t may concern:

lBe it known that gl, OSCAR FERN, a citizen of the United StatesI of America, `and a resident of Newburyport, inthe county of EsseX and Commonwealth of nMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in j Sole-Gouging Devices, of which the following `is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for gouging out portions `ofa shoe fsole to form a recess in its bottom for the `insertion therein of a rubberpad, and it has for itsobject the production of a device of `this character which will be` simple in construction and which maybe easily operated. j

The invention consists in a holder `to which shoe soles may lbe clamped, said holder having a removable plate therein provided with an opening therethrough. which serves as a guide `for the revolnble.cutting tool performing the gouging operation wherebythe recesses lformed in theibottoms ofthe shoeV soles will always beof `the rdesired shape. Y

. The invention `further consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully understood by reference to the description ofthe f drawings and to the .claims hereinafter given.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred form thereof is illustrated in the drawings, this form. having i -been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which` the inventionconsists can be variously arranged and organized and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement land organization of these instrumentalities as .herein shown and described.

` Of the drawings: c

Figure lrepresents a vertical section of a device embodying the principles ofthe present invention. j

Fig. 2 represents a plan ofthe shoe sole holder.' Fig. 3 represents anhinverted plan ofthe same.

Fig. 4 represents 'a transverse section on line -4-4 on Fig.` 3 ,1and c Fig. 5 represents a section on linej-- ber 11 by means of the set screw 15.

on Fig. 3, showing the clamp used when the gougingis to be performed on a shoe sole before heilig embodied in a completed shoe. vSimilar characters designate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In thedrawings, 10 is a bearing forming a part of any suitable frame and having mounted therein a revoluble member 11 to which is secured a pulley or sheave. 12 by which said member 11 is adapted to be rotated. The member 11 has projecting from the .lower end thereof a tubular member 13 in which is mounted a shank 14 of a cutting tool 15. The tubular member 13 and the shank 14 are locked to the revoluble mesme... cured to the lower end of the bearing 10 by the set screw 16 is the hub 17 of a work support having a broad annular flange 18 having a flat working face 19 through which extends the working tool 14. A work holder is provided consisting of a U-shaped body portion 20 in which is adapted to be mounted arremovable plate 21 having a perforation 22 therethrough the outline of which conforms to the shape of the fore'part of a shoe which it is desired `to operate upon.

The plates 21 are locked in adjusted position in the holder20 by means of set screws 28, and these plates may be removed and others substituted therefor having perforations therein of a different size and shape, as desired. To the opposite ends of the holder 20 are secured bail shaped handles 24 by which the holder may be held by the operator with the face of said holder 20 placed against the operating face 19 of the work support 18. The opposite face of the holder 20- is provided with two side bars 25 the inner and opposed edges of which are curved to conform to the edges of the sole of a shoe to be operated upon, the bars 25 having a plurality `of `slots 26 therein through which extend studs 27 ixedly secured in the holder 20j, said studs having lower face of the plate 21 and the bars 25 are moved against the edges thereof and clamped. in adjusted position so that the shoe is held rigidly in the holder. The operator then places the flat face of the holder form to the opening or perforation 22 ini the plate 21. Y

The'operator continues to move the work holder relatively to the working tool 14y un-V til this recessin the sole of the shoe is of an even depth throughout. The manner in which the work and the work holder are held in 4the hands of the operator is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and needs no further description.

The holder 20 is also provided with threaded openings 29 therethrough into whichis adapted to be screwed a locking bolt 30, said bolt extending through slots 31 in the bars l25 and also through slots 32 in the cross member 33V having an inward projection 34 adapted to bear against the lower face of a shoe vsole 35 when it is desired to form a recess or depression in a shoe sole before it has been attached tothe shoe upper.

Thisv provides a more convenient and simple device for gouging into the bottom of a shoe sole either before or after it has been attached to the upper of a shoe and by which a desired shape of recess or depression may be readily formed in the shoe sole preparatory to placing in saidvrecess a pad of rubber or some other similar resilient material.

It is believed that the operation and many i Yadvantages of this invention willv befully understood from the foregoing description. Having thus described my invention, I claim: i

1. The combination of a revoluble cutting tool; a'bearing therefor provided with a flat work support through which said tooly projects; and a shoe holder adapted to be moved over said work support and provided with an opening therein throughwhich said tool may act upon 'the sole of saidshoe.

2. The combination of a revoluble cutting tool; a bearing therefor provided with a flat work support through which said tool profjects; a perforated plate adapted to vbe moved over said flat work support; and

"means for clamping a Shoeisole toV said plate. i l 3. The combination cfa revoluble cutting tool; a bearing therefor provided` with a flat work support through which said tool projects; a perforated holder adapted to be moved over said flat work support; and members adjustably mounted on said perfoing a shoe sole thereto.

5. The combination of a revoluble cutting tool; a bearing therefor provided with a fiat work support through which said tool prQ- jects; a holder adapted to'be moved over said flat work support; a platel carried thereby having an opening, therethrough; slotted bars projecting over said plate for clamping a shoe sole thereto; studs setlin said holder and projecting ,through the slots in said bars; and clamping'nuts therefor.l

6. Thev combination of a revoluble cutting tool; a bearing therefor provided with a fiat work support through which said tool projects; a holder adaptedY to be moved over said flat work support; aremovable plate carried 'thereby having anA opening therethrough;means'projecting over 'said plate for clamping a shoe solethereto; and means for locking said plate to said holde'rfv 7. The combination of a revolublecutting tool; a bearing therefor provided' with a flat work support through which `said tool projects; a holder adaptedtobe moved over said flat work support; a plate carried thereby having an opening therethrough; "and bars projecting over said plate for clamping a shoe sole thereto, said bars having curved inner'edges adapted to said shoe sole.

8. The combination of a revoluble cutting tool; a bearing therefor provided with a fiat work'support through which Vsaid tool pro- V- engage the edge ofv 1 jects; a holder adapted t0 be moved OVe Y' said flat work support; a plate carried thereby having an opening therethrough; slotted bars projecting over said plate for clamping a shoe sole thereto;"studsA set in said holder and projecting through the slots insaid bars; and clamping nuts therefor, said bars having curved inner edges adapted to engage the edge of saidshoe sole.V V

9. The combinationof'a revoluble 'cutting flat vwork support;- a plate carried thereby having an opening therethrough; slotted tool; a bearing therefor provided with' a'flat barsprojecting over said plate for clamping f a shoe sole thereto; studs set in said Vholder and projecting throughthe slots in said bars; clamping nuts therefor; across'ba'r secured to said holder and adaptedfto bear against theface. of the sole; and means for adjusting the position of said 4cross'bar.

l0. The combination of arevoluble cutting face of the sole; and means for adjusting 10 tool; a bearing therefor provided With a iiat the position of said cross bar.

Work support through which said tool prO- Signed by me at Newburyport, Mass., this jects; a holder adapted to be moved over 24th day of February, 1917. 5 said Hat Work support; a plate Carried thereby having an opening therethrough; means OSCAR FERN. for retaining a shoe sole in adjusted posi- Witnesses:

tion in said holder; a cross bar secured to EDWARD M. TODD,

said holder and adapted to bear against the MARY E. CARENS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

